2019 Presidency: Ezekwesili Unveils Running Mate

The 2019 presidential candidate of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN), Oby Ezekwesili, has named Ganiyu Galadima as her running mate for the election which comes up in February, 2019.

Galadima was the presidential flag bearer of the ACPN in the 2015 elections.

Announcing him as her vice presidential running mate in Ilorin, Kwara State, on Wednesday, Ezekwesili described Galadima as a grassroots politician capable of helping to achieve her dream of lifting 80 million Nigerians out of poverty if voted into power at in the next election.

“I am very delighted that my vice-presidential candidate, my colleague, the one that will embark on this very important fight for Naija, are you ready to fight for Naija?

“That I have a rugged grassroot fighter as the person who will supplement the things that I know. He will teach me how to be a consummate politician.

“Alhaji Abdulganiyu Galadima is definitely known for the work he has done at the grassroot level. As someone who started a strong career in local government, he is the kind of person I need, for us to lift 80 million people out of poverty.

“If we need competence, we can buy it; if we need capacity, we can buy it, but there is one thing we cannot buy, and that is character. For me, this gentleman represents that character,” said the ACPN presidential candidate.

Her running mate, Galadima, is the current National Chairman of the ACPN.